Another fine mix of new music, upcoming shows, a look at a great show that just happened, and a few songs for the season to get you feeling jolly and merry! Also, today is the 65th birthday of one of the greatest songwriters/performers of all time, Tom Waits!
Artist – Song title – Album Title – CDN=Canadian – WPG=Winnipeg artist
2:00 – 2:30 pm
Del Barber & The Profiteers – O Canada – live recording – CDN – WPG
Nick Lowe – Cruel to Be Kind – Labour of Lust
Wilco – Jesus, Etc. – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Skydiggers – Church Bells Ringing – Angels – CDN
Keri Latimer – So Long – Crowsfeet And Greyskull – CDN – WPG
Jeffrey Hatcher – Another Kind of Name – recorded live on UMFM – CDN – WPG
2:30 – 3:00 pm
Oh Susanna – Silver Bells – Christmas Is For Boys And Girls! – CDN
Sarah Harmer – Country Christmas – Christmas Is For Boys And Girls! – CDN
The Sweetback Sisters – Happy Birthday, Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year – Country Christmas Singalong Spectacular
JP Hoe – Dead of the Dark – Hoe Hoe Hoe Holiday Songs – CDN – WPG
Elliott BROOD – Nothing Left – Work and Love – CDN
Lucinda Williams – East Side of Town – Down where the Spirit Meets the Bone
Jon Brooks – Highway 16 – The Smiling & Beautiful Countryside – CDN
Whitehorse – Baby What’s Wrong – Leave No Bridge Unburned – CDN
Lynn Miles – High Heels In The Snow – Songs for the Darkest Night – CDN
3:00 – 3:30 pm
Barenaked Ladies – God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen/We Three Kings Feat. Sarah McLachlan – Barenaked For The Holidays – CDN
The Crooked Brothers – There Ain’t No One – Postcard EP – CDN – WPG
The Crooked Brothers – Organs on Demand – Thank You I’m Sorry – CDN – WPG
Slow Leaves – Neighbourhood Watch – Beauty Is so Common – CDN – WPG
3:30 – 4:00 pm
The Fuse – Maybe – Trying Must Count for Something – CDN – WPG
Jeffrey Hatcher and the Big Beat – The Man Who Would Be King – Cross our Hearts – CDN – WPG
The Blue Shadows – Deliver Me – On the Floor of Heaven – CDN
Tom Waits – I Hope that I Don’t Fall in Love with You – Closing Time
Neko Case – Christmas Card From a Hooker in Minneapolis – New Coat of Paint — Waits Tribute
Shawn Colvin – (Looking for) The Heart of Saturday Night – Cover Girl
Scott Nolan Band – Philipino Box Spring Hog – American Hotel – CDN – WPG
Tom Waits – Gun Street Girl – Rain Dogs